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San José Official Resigns After Nightlife Rules Are Halted

A senior San José municipal official who helped develop controversial new rules for bars, restaurants and live entertainment has resigned, days after the city...

Costa Rica ‘sold itself’ to Washington for visa power, says Óscar Arias

Former President and Nobel Peace laureate Óscar Arias has accused Costa Rica of surrendering its foreign-policy independence to the United States, telling a San...

Costa Rica Mobilizes Communities to Protect Threatened Coral Reefs

A coalition of environmental organizations has launched a nationwide campaign to protect Costa Rica’s coral reefs as a powerful El Niño threatens to push...

How to Watch the World Cup Final Weekend in Costa Rica

The World Cup ends this weekend, and you can watch both closing matches from Costa Rica without staying up late or paying for a...

Costa Rica Hospitals Cancel Surgeries Amid Specialist Shortage

More than 199,000 patients were waiting for surgery in Costa Rica’s public healthcare system at the end of 2025 as a severe shortage of...

Costa Rica’s Reopens Highway After Landslide Closure

Route 32 reopened Friday afternoon after falling debris blocked the highway through Braulio Carrillo National Park for more than six hours, disrupting travel between...

Costa Rica’s Silky Shark Trade Could Draw Scrutiny

Costa Rica could soon face formal international scrutiny over the way it authorizes exports of silky shark products, a species protected under the Convention...

Giant Tarpon Rule the Río Colorado at Costa Rica’s Silver King Lodge

The first thing one learns about tarpon fishing at the mouth of the Río Colorado is that nothing comes easily. The Caribbean can be...

Mexico Earthquake Triggers Tsunami Alert with Little Risk to Costa Rica

A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of southern Mexico this morning, setting off a tsunami alert for parts of Mexico and...

How Costa Rica’s Forest Recycled a Dead Deer in Just Two Weeks

I probably shouldn’t have done this. That’s what I was thinking as I lay, flat on my back, in the middle of a trail...
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San José Official Resigns After Nightlife Rules Are Halted

A senior San José municipal official who helped develop controversial new rules for bars, restaurants and live entertainment has resigned, days after the city...

Costa Rica ‘sold itself’ to Washington for visa power, says Óscar Arias

Former President and Nobel Peace laureate Óscar Arias has accused Costa Rica of surrendering its foreign-policy independence to the United States, telling a San...

Costa Rica Mobilizes Communities to Protect Threatened Coral Reefs

A coalition of environmental organizations has launched a nationwide campaign to protect Costa Rica’s coral reefs as a powerful El Niño threatens to push...

How to Watch the World Cup Final Weekend in Costa Rica

The World Cup ends this weekend, and you can watch both closing matches from Costa Rica without staying up late or paying for a...